More persistently uncomfortable while having availability of easy offramps. It’s a similar level to discomfort if you have to take a long road trip in a small car. You ache, but you aren’t in agony. However, the struggle is that, at any time, I could just stop, and I have to make the choice with every single step not to.
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I doubt you’re looking for tips, but what I like to do before a big run (I’ve only ran 10+ miles three times, and one 65 mile ride) is take 800mg of ibuprofen before the trek. It helps dull the pain and keeps some of the inflammation in check.
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You just described my daily ritual for basketball practice in high school.
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Much appreciated dude. I stay away from anti-inflams because they tear up my intestines pretty fierce. I’m at the point where I’d rather be in pain, haha.
Ooh fair call. I heard somewhere chronic usage lowers natural test or something as well
Maybe it’s the quality of the parts that is a problem. Plenty of miles in these parts but they seem to be like new !! Lmao 
Hey man, would you mind sharing how you go about executing the behind the neck press?
@mr.v3lv3t Can do, although I’m not sure how much helpful info I can provide.
I start the bar in the rack and approach it like setting up for a high bar squat. I get it as close to the back of my neck as possible, so it’s very high up on my traps. I use a grip width that’s close to my bench width.
I pull the bar against my neck at the start of the press and press up from there. It’s like using the skull like a smith machine. On the eccentric, I bring it down to around my earlobe level, rather than back to the rack position.
When the set is done, I bring the bar down to the front rack and rack in from there, rather than going back to start.
Had to cancel the PM workout. After the run, I hit the toilet and basically haven’t stopped all day. Some sorta bad stomach bug. Glad I got in the run, and I won’t be off schedule at this point: I’ll just be missing a day off.
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Day in summary;
The good: had a run
The bad: had the runs
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I didn’t know machines suffered from illness.
I call October plague season and typically expect some roadbumps on the way as everyone around me get sick. Happens every year, so I make sure I’m not over commited in October.
Thanks dude, definitely more helpful than you give yourself credit for haha.
@simo74 If the highlight of your day is that you went for a run, you had a bad day, haha.
@dagill2 If I make it through without blowing out an ACL in the month of Oct, it’s a good month, haha. Otherwise, I’d have to give it a look and see if mine are similar.
@mr.v3lv3t Glad I could help. I’m still pretty new to it myself.
AM WORKOUT
GIANT SETS (squat-keg clean-reverse hyper)
Buffalo bar squat
8xBar
8x140
8x230
8x320
1x390
20x230/20x140 (stripset)
Keg clean 100lbs
6x3
Reverse hypers 450
6x10
Notes: Was definitely feeling the effects of the illness yesterday. 320 felt more fatiguing than it should of, but still pretty light. 390 felt much heavier than it should have, so I shut it down to not do anything terribly stupid. Figured I’d work some of that higher rep work I was discussing earlier at that point.
Rested 3:45 between the first 5 giantsets, then rested 2 minutes and did the keg cleans and reverse hypers for another superset, then rested 3:45 and did the stripset. Might do something similar for the rest of the training cycle.
Knew I was in a bit of a bind when my belt was loose. Just means I get to eat even more.
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Damnit, hate it when that happens.
That’s never happened to me.
Believe me: after that stomach bug I got last year while running Deep Water, I lost all envy I had for the people that have to always be eating to gain weight.
Eating when you don’t want to eat sucks far more than not eating when you want to eat. I can at least rely on momentum with the latter. The former is just like the distance running discussed earlier: discomfort the entire time, with so many offramps.
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I feel like only people who have pushed the limits understand this. A lot of people think I’m lying when I say cutting is easier than bulking. Maybe not down to comp levels in bodybuilding, but to cut weight for average people is way easier than bulking the right way. I remember back when I was trying to get big when I was younger, I would eat until I hated myself, go to bed and set an alarm for 3am where I’d have a shake pre made with a peanut butter sandwich or two, then go back to bed. It was fucking horrible.
At the end of the day, cutting is just not eating as much. Bulking is eating even when you can’t keep it down. Much bigger strain imo
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I get why you would say this albeit tongue in cheek. When I was a runner, going for a very early morning run in the bush was often the best 1-2 hours of my day. Also going to the track after work and doing whatever horrible session with the running with the club was always a great stress reliever after a long days work. As with all these things it is horses for courses.
@oldbeancam For sure. The initial growth phase is a great one, as you just keep eating and lifting and gaining, but after that it sucks no matter which direction you go, haha.
@simo74 When I weight 150lbs going for runs were very peaceful. I’d just put on some tunes and take in the view. These days, it’s just such a strain on my body, and I imagine the worst is remembering that feeling and not being able to recapture it. But I’m enjoying being in the kind of shape I’m in right now.
AM WORKOUT
Axle bench press 311
1x9
1x7
1x5
1x4
Close grip axle bench press 261
1x10
1x8
1x7
Swiss bar incline bench 215
2x10
1x8
Dips
1x36
2x25
Notes: 3:45 between sets. Think I’m going to implement a plan I’ve had for a while and start rotating the movements on this. Between the running, the post competition, and how long I’ve been sticking with this program (about a year now), I’m beating my head against a wall. Changing the order of the movements comes right out of the Jon Andersen playbook, so it’s staying with the method.
Plan is to start with the incline bench, then flat bench, the close grip. Will have to drop the weight on flat and close grip, and making the incline bench the primary movement will most likely carryover better to overhead pressing anyway.
Still gonna stick with the rest period reduction approach, and keep the supersets with the ab wheel.
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Hey dude, while I’m asking about press training tips, have you spent any significant time training with deadstop reps as opposed to tng?
Nah. Tends to beat up my elbows something fierce whenever I try that.